Articles tagged with: special advocates
Security certificate quashed by court – Special advocates played key role in destroying government’s case
OTTAWA – In a major test of the country’s new secrecy-shrouded special advocate regime, the Federal Court has quashed an “unreasonable” security certificate and condemned Canada’s spy agency for failing to voluntarily disclose secret evidence …
Security certificate against Hassan Almrei has been quashed by Federal Court this morning
A decision was issued this morning by the Honourable Richard Mosley of the Federal Court in file DES-3-08:
IN THE MATTER OF Hassan Almrei
Summary: On February 22, 2008, the Minister of Public Safety and …
Harkat defence denied document disclosure
By Andrew Duffy, The Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA – A Federal Court judge has denied lawyers for Mohamed Harkat the right to read eight complete intelligence files from the archives of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
Special advocates …
